After her time off air went on, the TV favourite broke her silence by sharing a snap from her hospital bed.

She said: "#tbtuesday rocking my sexy compression socks at the Beacon two weeks ago today! The nurses are amazing and should be beatified for putting up with me! #onthemend #sexysocks nothing serious, I’ll be back annoying you all again soon xx".

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